John Landis

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51564: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to An American Werewolf in London, which After Hours with Alison Sivitz credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: An American Werewolf in London (1981); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Oscar (1991); Beverly Hills Cop III (1994).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Starman (1984): 1 line

lineage (effects lineage) · through An American Werewolf in London (1981), which they directed: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
“Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

director, An American Werewolf in London (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)
director, Oscar (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
director, Beverly Hills Cop III (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
director, Trading Places (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
filmmaker prosecuted and acquitted over the accident, Twilight Zone: The Movie (The Big Picture, Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture)
director, Beverly Hills Cop III (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)

Other (1) everyone in other

director guessed wrongly for Deal of the Century, Deal of the Century (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (director): Beverly Hills Cop III → John Landis. Cop III is the Disneyland one, an abomination, directed by Landis.
“3 is an abomination.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:03:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

unmapped (set tragedy): Twilight Zone: The Movie → John Landis. A helicopter stunt killed Vic Morrow and two children; Landis was prosecuted and acquitted.
“A helicopter crashed during a stunt and Vic Morrow, Jennifer Jason Lee's father, was killed along with 2 children during the making of this movie”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:53:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.